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lists Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg’s manual Anleitung zum Sing-Composition
(Berlin, 1758). Another list referring to a donation by Munthe in 1772 (but
made later, since the text is typed) includes Johann Mattheson’s Die Neueste
Untersuchung der Singspiele (Hamburg, 1744), and Salomon von Til’s Dicht-
, Sing- und Spiel-Kunst (2nd ed. Frankfurt, Leipzig, 1719).
In 1795 the Academy bought the music library of Johan Fredrik Hallardt, 13
an important acquisition that complemented the existing theoretical library
and made many of the best German manuals accessible to musicians in
Stockholm, including Fux’s Gradus ad Parnassum, several works by Kirnberger,
and Vogler’s Gründe der Kurpfälzischen Tonschule in Beyspielen. With
the purchase there were also a few works on the vocal arts, such as Johann
Friedrich Agricola’s Anleitung zur Singekunst (Berlin 1757), a revised and
annotated manual based on the Italian singing master Pier Francesco Tosi’s
Opinioni de’ Cantori (Bologna 1723), Vogler’s Stimmbildungskunst (Mannheim
1776), Georg Friedrich Wolf’s Unterricht in der Singekunst (Halle
1784) and Johann Adam Hiller’s two manuals, Anweisung zum musikalisch
richtigen Gesang (Leipzig 1774) and Anweisung zum musikalisch zierlichen
Gesang (Leipzig 1780).
In the 1806 catalogue, which shows later additions, the Méthode de Chant
du Conservatoire de Musique à Paris (Paris 1803) and the Solfèges pour servir
à l’étude dans le Conservatoire de Musique à Paris (Paris 1802) were added
to the collection, as well as Nordblom’s Sång-schola (Stockholm 1836),
donated by the author, 14 Panofka’s L’Art de Chanter (Paris 1854), the collection
Solfeggio d’Italie (Paris 1772), Musik-Conservatorii i Paris Sånglära
(Stockholm 1814), Cronhamn’s Praktisk Lärobok i flerstämmig Sång (Stock-
Allehanda. By profession he was a medical doctor and, from 1770, “Assessor” in the
Collegium Medicum in Stockholm. Pfeiffer was also a renowned music lover and a
member of the Academy of Music. The solfeggio collection’s publication date suggests
that it was added to the list later. (Hofberg 1906, II: 285).
13 Johan Fredrik Hallardt was initially employed as a postmaster in Stralsund in 1765
and later became post inspector in Wismar during the 1770s. He was educated in
music by P. Brant and became a good amateur violinist, playing at the concerts for the
aristocracy in Stockholm. In the 1770s he also tried his hand as a publicist. He wrote
about the music in his vicinity, probably inspired by Charles Burney’s diaries. He also
produced a biographical music lexicon. (Halén 1969–1971, p. 1)
14 Johan Erik Nordblom (1788–1848) was director musices at Uppsala University and
had studied music with Haeffner from 1808–1814. He was also a teacher in elementary
singing and church singing at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm between 1824
and 1833, where he became a member in 1824. In 1846 he opened a vocal school in
Stockholm. His vocal manual was published in three parts between 1836 and 1840
and succeeded Stieler’s manual in the Swedish school curriculum. (A. L. 1913, 19, pp.
1240–1241)
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